Editor's Award (Award of Excellence), for the outstanding research article of the year, 1994. Learning environments and interaction for emerging technologies: Implications for learner control and practice. Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada.

AMTEC Award of Merit. "River City", 1990. Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada. Touch-screen interactive video product. Producer and designer.Joan Kershaw Publication Award, 1988. "Thursday's Child." Canadian Council for Exceptional Children. Eight part inservice education series on the topic of teaching children with handicaps in the regular classroom. Instructional designer, co-narrator of the video portion of the series, and co-author of accompanying manuals. (R. Sanche, Producer; S. Sorsdahl, Writer).

Joan Kershaw Publications Award, 1986. "Mondays, Marbles and Chalk." Canadian Council for Exceptional Children. Unanimous selection of the National Awards Committee. Member of production and evaluation team for the video series, co-author of accompanying materials and co-narrator of the series, Shared Services Inservice Project.

Award of Excellence, Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada, 1985. "Mondays, Marbles and Chalk." Member of production and evaluation team for the video series, co-author of accompanying materials and co-narrator of the series.

Wilson, J.R., & Schwier, R.A. (2009). Authenticity in the process of learning about instructional design. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 35(2). Retrieved from http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/520

Dykes, M.E., & Schwier, R.A. (2003). Content and community redux: Instructor and student interpretations of online communication in a graduate seminar. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 29(2), 79-99.

Schwier, R.A., & Balbar, S. (2002). The interplay of content and community in synchronous and asynchronous communication: virtual communication in a graduate seminar. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 28(2), 21-30.

Schwier, R.A. (1989). Research and development with interactive learning technologies. Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 18(3), 163-165.

Schwier, R.A., & Misanchuk, E.R. (1988). The effect of interaction and perceived need for training on learning and time spent learning from computer-based instruction. Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 17(3), 147-158.

Published Conference Proceedings

Schwier, R.A. (2002). Shaping the metaphor of community in online learning environments. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Educational Conferencing. The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, June 1.

Schwier, R.A. (2009, June). The elusive metaphor of learning community in formal and non-formal settings. Paper published in the proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2009, Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education.

Campbell, K., Schwier, R.A., & Kenny, R. (2005). Using narrative inquiry to explore ID as conversation. Selected proceedings of the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Orlando, Florida.

Bichelmeyer, B.A., Boling, E., Gibbons, A.S., Grabowski, B.L., Hill, J.R., Schwier, R.A., Spector, M., & Wager , W. (2004). Where Are We Going and How Will We Get There? Special session at the annual conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Chicago, IL, October 22.

Daniel, B., McCalla, G., & Schwier, R.A. (2002). A process model for building social capital in virtual learning communities. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education (pp. 574-577), Auckland, NZ,

Misanchuk, E.R., Schwier, R.A., and Boling, E.X. (1999). Visual design for interactive multimedia. poster session. Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Seattle, Washington. Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education, June 23.

Schwier, R.A. (1999). Turning learning environments into learning communities: Expanding the notion of interaction in multimedia. Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Seattle, Washington: Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education, June 23.

Misanchuk, E.R., Schwier, R.A., and Boling, E.X. (1999). Challenges in the design of a hypertext book in HTML: Lessons learned. Proceedings of the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Seattle, Washington. Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education, June 22.

Misanchuk, E.R., Schwier, R.A., and Boling, E.X. (1998). Developing large scale hypertextbooks for the web: Lessons learned. Proceedings of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, June 3-6.

Misanchuk, E.R., Schwier, R.A., and Boling, E.X. (1998). Visual design for interactive multimedia: Product and process. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada, Edmonton, AB, June 3-6.

Schwier, R.A., & Misanchuk, E.R. (1997). Technical quality and perceived quality: Are they the same or different things? . Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada. Saskatoon, SK.

Schwier, R.A., & Kowch, E., 1997. Building learning communities with technology: Interactive video on the internet. Proceedings of the Second National Congress on Rural Education. Saskatoon, SK.

Misanchuk, E.R., & Schwier, R.A. (1996). Using HTML as an authoring medium: Common errors in the design of pages and web sites. . Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada. Vancouver, BC.

Schwier, R.A., & Misanchuk, E.R. (1996). Assessments of technical quality in multimedia: A report of research and discussion of research design issues. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada. Vancouver, BC.

Schwier, R.A. (1994). Electronic publication: New challenges for academic publishers. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta: Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada.

Schwier, R.A. (1994). Educational reform through educational technology. Edited collection of papers presented by eight graduate students in educational technology. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta: Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada.

Schwier, R.A. (1993). Classifying interaction for emerging technologies and implications for learner control. In M.R. Simonson (Ed.), Selected Papers from the Annual Conference of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1993, (pp. 881-894), Research and Theory Division, Association for Educational Communications and Technology,.

Schwier, R.A. (1992). A taxonomy of interaction for instructional multimedia. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (pp. 112-122), Vancouver, B.C.: AMTEC.

Misanchuk, E.R., & Schwier, R.A. (1990). Analytical tools and research issues for interactive media. Proceedings of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (pp. 240-257), St. John's, Newfoundland.

Schwier, R.A. (1982). Assessing training needs: A model in context. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June..

Hamm, V., Findlay, G., & Schwier, R. (2000). Evaluation of the New Zealand Centre for Educational Research Assessment resource banks website. Research conducted in collaboration with the Christchurch College of Education and the New Zealand Centre for Educational Research. Christchurch, New Zealand.

Schwier, R.A., & Misanchuk, E.R. (2000). Public survey: An analysis of user expectations and desires for the gov.sk.ca website. Research conducted and report prepared for dBlack communications.

Schwier, R.A. (1983). Evaluation proposal for the Shared Services Inservice Training Project (R. Sanche, coordinator). Evaluation strategies for the assessment of distance education delivery of a professional training program on the topic of classroom management. Saskatoon, SK.: University of Saskatchewan.

Schwier, R.A. (1982). A new professional teacher education program for B.Ed. (A.D.) elementary students. Subcommittee Report to the Elementary Program Advisory Committee. Mimeographed, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan. (Contributing Author)

Schwier, R.A. (1979). Report to the Faculty of the College of Education: Student Evaluation of Instruction - State of the Art and Recommendations for Implementation. Mimeographed, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.